Folding bed frame



Dec. 4 1923. 1,476,279

H. R. BASFORD FOLDING BED FRAME Filed Feb. 15. lay/'72 n [WE/WW8 Farah fiffiaaford ELL M @M Patented Dec. 4, 1923.

HAROLD R. BASFORD, 02' SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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Application filed February 13, 1922. Serial Ho. 536,339.

To all whom it may concern i Be it known that I, HAnonn R. Biisronn, a. citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a new and useful Folding Bed Frame, of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to afolding bed frame and its object is to provide a con! pact and strong bed frame corner which can be readily made from ordinary angle iron, with the minimum of labor.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bed corner which will be capable of pivoting in two planes, but which when the bed leg is opened will be rigidly held to gether by parts attached to the leg and. bed end respectyely, the leg having an integrallug formed thereon to meet a slot on the bed end whereby the desired result is attained with a single punching operation on the bed end and bed leg.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the description proceeds.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which the same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout but I am aware that there may be modifications thereof.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the complete bed frame set up without the mattress.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the end frame, two half side rails and two legs of the bed.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation on a slightly larger scale of one of the bed legs and a portion of one of the side rails.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the bed corners.

Fig. 5 is aslightly enlarged view of the bed corner looking lengthwise of the bed.

Fig. 6 is a slightly larger plan view of a port on of the end and side rails showing the connection to one of the bed legs, the bracing being omitted.

Fig. 7 is a view, partly in section, of a portion of the bed corner in which the leg has a fixed lug which projects through a slot in the end rail to prevent the leg from moving in one plane.

F ig. 8 is a view partly in section showing the interchangeability of the leg holding lug.

The bed consists of four legs '1 to d inclusive, each leg having an inturned foot as shown at 5 to prevent the bed from sinking into the. ground unduly if it its set up upon I soft ground. The legs are respectively pivoted to four side rails 6, 7, 8 and 9 to move in the longitudinal plane of the bed.

The side rails are detachably connected together by means of any suitable jointsuch as the cont nual short angle irons 10 and 11. Also pivotally connected to the side rails are the two end rails 12and 13.

The end rails each have two notches as indicated at 15 and 16 to receive a lug 17 formed on the upper end of each leg, the upper end of said rail being so notched as to receive the lug 17 and which lug is bent down at right angles to the leg.

Pivotally connected with each leg and with each side rail are two locked braces 18 and 19. The locked braces have a projection at 20 to prevent them from being pushed downwardly when once the bed is .set up although they may be readily moved upwardly when the legs are to be folded.

When the bed is set up as illustrated in Figure 1 it will be observed that the lug 17 on the upper end of each leg enters one of the slots 15 or 1.6 by a movement in a plane extending longitudinally of the bed, and as the slots 15 and 16 fit the lug tightly, no other brace to prevent lateral movement of the leg is required.

When once the leg has been set up as illustrated in Figure 1, the braces 18 and 19 are pushed down to the position shown and those braces in one operation lock the bed legs against movement in two directions with the aid of the lug 17. lVhen the bed sides have been separated and the legs have been folded up the sides may be brought against each other and against the bed end, the folded package being illustrated in Figure 2.

In Figure 7 the numeral 22 indicates the side rail, 21 indicates the end rail pivotally connected to the side rail by means of the rivet 23. The leg is indicated at 24.- and it is pivotally connected to the side rail by means of the rivet 25. This leg carries a projecting stud or lug 26 which passes through a hole in the end rail 21, as illustrated in Figure 7, thereby preventing sidewise movement of the leg and side rail, likely to either break or tear loose the rivets 23, 25. i

In Figure 8 the side rail is indicated at 27, the end rail at 28 and the leg at 29. These members are pivotally connected to each other precisely the same as in Figure 7 and are the same exceptthatthe lug for holding the leg in place indicated at 30, is rigidly engaged with the end rail 28 instead of with the le the mechanical effect being the same.

hat l claim is as follows, but various modifications may be made in the construc tion shown in the drawings and above particularly described form, within the purview of my invention.

1. A folding bed frame comprising an end rail, a pair oi side rails pivotally connected with the end rail, legs pivotally connected to the side rails, braces for each leg, and a lug carried by the leg to engage the end rail to brace the bed corner in one plane.

2. A folding bed frame comprising an end rail, a pair of side rails pivotally connected therewith, a pair of legs connected to the side rails adjacent the ends of the end rail, the upper end oi said legs having a lug to project into notches in the ends of the end rail to brace the bed corner against movement in one plane, and other braces connecting the bed leg and side rail to brace the leg against movement in the longitudinal plane oi the side rail.

3. A folding bed frame comprising end and side rails pivotally connected together, legs pivotally connected to one of said members positioned to turn into contact with the other member, lugs cooperating with the end rail and with the legs to prevent movement of the legs in one plane, and lock braces to prevent the movementof the leg in another plane. 7

4:. A folding bed frame comprising an end rail, a pair of side rails associated with the end rail to form one end of a bed frame, legs pivotally connected to one of said members positioned to turn into contact with the other member, lugs cooperating with one of said members and with the legs to prevent movement of the legs in one plane, and braces connected with the leg and with the member engaged by said post to brace the legs again-st movement in another plane.

111 testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January, A. 1)., 1922.

HAROLD R. BASFORD. 

